Salvage title?
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Salvage title?
im about to buy this truck with a salvage title..the guy says it was in a theft. Thats why it has a salvage title..can that be? i never heard of a salvage title becuase it was stolen...here is the truck...http://www.race-dezert.com/cgi-bin/t...second&id=4691
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yep i just called him like 2 min ago and he also said the check engine light went on when he put the new motor in and it has no tags cuz it wont pass smog....it does look twisted..and the body dosnt seem like it lines up..imma go take a look at it tomorrow..imma call him for the vin number tomorrow morning and see whats up...im going to be selling my truck and this truck will be my dd..so its gotta be solid!
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Like others said, it was wrecked and probably considered totalled. The salvage title will always follow it and unless you plan on parting it, or keeping it forever you wont get much back for it. I see its registered in CA, AFAIK CA is the toughest on vehichle standards and insurance. Id say check into the insurance (INS CO's might not cover it) and registration before you do anything, if you plan to keep it
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After looking at the pics, I wouldn't bother with it.
The salvage title isn't what bothers me, I've repaired lots of trucks with a salvage titles, most were flood damage or recovered thefts. A salvage title is usually issued when an insurance company auctions it off as such, most often to a junk yard. A theft can become salvage if it's recovered after the insured has been paid for the loss and the vehicle was found after the fact, often damaged to some extent.
The part that would bother me on that truck is that there are so many things that are obviously wrong, that would lead me to believe that it's a patched up or thrown together mess. It wouldn't bother me a bit having been wrecked if it were repaired properly, but a properly repaired vehicle doesn't look like that.
In that condition, I would only value it at a salvage price, and at 104K, that truck looks like it's had a rough life. You could be looking at a truck that's been submerged, wrecked, and neglected. You have no way of telling what will fail first, even if you decided it was worth it to you to repair the obvious problems.
I would keep your truck, and only buy that if your looking for a project, but I would venture to guess that by the time your done getting the bugs out of truck like that, it would have been cheaper to buy a clean one with no damage at all.
The salvage title isn't what bothers me, I've repaired lots of trucks with a salvage titles, most were flood damage or recovered thefts. A salvage title is usually issued when an insurance company auctions it off as such, most often to a junk yard. A theft can become salvage if it's recovered after the insured has been paid for the loss and the vehicle was found after the fact, often damaged to some extent.
The part that would bother me on that truck is that there are so many things that are obviously wrong, that would lead me to believe that it's a patched up or thrown together mess. It wouldn't bother me a bit having been wrecked if it were repaired properly, but a properly repaired vehicle doesn't look like that.
In that condition, I would only value it at a salvage price, and at 104K, that truck looks like it's had a rough life. You could be looking at a truck that's been submerged, wrecked, and neglected. You have no way of telling what will fail first, even if you decided it was worth it to you to repair the obvious problems.
I would keep your truck, and only buy that if your looking for a project, but I would venture to guess that by the time your done getting the bugs out of truck like that, it would have been cheaper to buy a clean one with no damage at all.
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